Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/anadl

This Proto-Brythonic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Brythonic

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *anatlā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe”). Cognate with Old Irish anál.

Noun

*anadl f

1. breath

Descendants

• Middle Breton: alazn, azlan
  • Breton: alan
• Middle Cornish: anel
  • Cornish: anal
• Middle Welsh: anadyl, anadl
  • Welsh: anadl

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*anatlā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 35